BrilloPad's blog : losing freedom

Sorry that the next part of my blog took a while : I did keep my gig by moving to a slightly different team. Believe it or not clientco would have several weeks of misery without me : shows the sort of idiots they employ these days when they rely on me. No doubt I will get the shove soon when I will be alot happier : but the longer I carry on the bigger the war chest. And the nearer the economic recovery.

I have been planning on toning things down a bit : but this
weekend I joined the Catholic Church and feel it is my moral duty
to talk about certain subjects. Say many things about Jesus but he
was never bland. Did he not overturn the tables of the moneylenders
in the temple?

Hence I want to talk about living in a police state. I work within
a stone's throw of the Bank of England (anyone got a stone?).
During the recent protests we were told to stay inside : but I love
a good demo. I had a look round but it was boring. The most
exciting thing was seeing a single person being mobbed by cameras :
turned out to be Russell Brand (If the mob want a rich person to
beat up why not him?). While going home I retraced my earlier steps
to get to Cannon Street : but my way was blocked by police.

They were "kettling" the protestors. Don't kettles boil? What knob
thought this is a good idea? Now I don't agree with the aims of the
protestors (doh! I work in a bank!) but they have the right to
protest. Why do the people of this country let the police get away
with it? At this point I must say I have dealt with many police :
those at officer/sargeant level are mostly great : those above are
mostly twats. It was the actions of the irresponsible senior
officers that caused the death of an innocent man. They bring the
name of the police into disrepute.

We are losing our freedom : if we have any left to lose, All it
requires for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.

Anyway I have the solution! We must outsource our protests. May I
suggest Thailand where they seem to know how to conduct a decent
riot.

If we have to keep the protests in this country then at least go
somewhere where the police want you out of. See this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2987836.stm .
That is me in the reservoir dogs outfit being "removed by police"
which was a load of rubbish as we left on our own free will. The
police could not get rid of us quick enough.

Here is my suggestion : Downing Streak! Get a few thousand naked
running up Downing Street. There will be no kettling. And loads of
publicity.

Talking of protests I am currently objecting to retrospective
legislation. Please sign the petition http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/RepealSection58/
. Vince Cable has signed! But next month I am going to the wedding
of the fathers 4 justice head honcho. I am sworn to secrecy as the
date and location (and even the guest list!) are top secret. But
you can bet the subject of protests in the context of retrospective
will come up. Tardis? De Lorean?

Apologies for this moral interlude. Actually I withdraw that
apology. Next week I shall try to return to something closer to the
hearts of freelancers. Probably......